Phil is the Principal/Managing Member for FloBiz & Associates, LLC and IIA Training Consultant. Phil was the Chief Audit Executive (CAE) at a not-for-profit public corporation for over 16 years. Phil’s experience includes banking, public accounting and cost accounting. He also has over 30 years of auditing/ management experience.

In his 16 years as the Chief Audit Executive (CAE) Phil was responsible for the maintenance and development of the Internal Audit function that included leadership, risk assessment/audit planning, communication with management/board, staff hiring/ development and other administrative/operational activities. He tranformed the function to enable audit coverage of the total organization. In cooperation with two other CAE’s he developed an Internal Audit Leadership Development Program that has assisted in the development of over 50 future audit leaders (over 15 became CAEs/Audit Managers).

Phil currently serves as a Trustee on the Internal Audit Foundation (formerly the IIARF) and is a past Chair of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) International Committee, the Committee of Research & Education Advisors (CREA). He also is a past Vice President of Research for the IIARF. He has served on IIA International Committees for over 17 years, Public Sector, CREA and Trustee IAF. He is an active member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Austin Chapter and is a past President. Phil received the IIA Austin Chapter’s 2006 Practitioner of the Year Award. He is also a member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) and has served on the three Program (2007 & 2008 IT Audit Management Forum & 2010 International Conference Task Force) Committees. Additionally, he is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Phil co-authored the IIARF CBOK Report Navigating Technology’s Top 10 Risks – Internal Audit’s Role released in August 2015.

He has been a frequent speaker/trainer at various national, regional, state and international conferences/seminars over the past ten years. He also has provided training on numerous subjects to IIA/ISACA Chapters and corporate/government clients related to internal auditing including - leadership, critical thinking, communication, innovation, managing IA projects, GRC, staff development, governance/IT governance, audit committees/ boards, ethics, quality assessments, risk assessment/management, interviewing, building customer/client relationships, trusted advisor, audit evidence, risk-based auditing, productivity, operational and IT audit.

Phil also has significant experience in conducting and receiving External Quality Assessment/Peer Reviews. He has participated in the State Agency Internal Audit Forum (SAIAF, a group of Texas State Agency CAEs/Directors) and has participated in/led six External Quality Assessments/Peer Reviews of other audit shops and served as the mediator for a peer review dispute resolution. He also has participated on two External Quality Assessment teams for the IIA.

Phil received a B.S. in Accounting from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and has a Certification in Control Self-Assessment.